I just figured that once I reach black belt in Shorin-Ryu, I can move on to the next style. One step at a time. I'm not here to show off.
I'm not saying that you're here to show off.
I'm just saying that you're diving into something totally new. Let the progress happen naturally. Let the evolution of your martial art journey happen while you walk it.
You're going to spend the next few months learning what martial arts
actually is. Not what movies have shown you or what you've read online. But what actually goes into learning martial arts. What's real and what's fake from what you've seen in Hollywood. What you do and don't like. What comes naturally to you and what takes work.
Then you're going to spend the next few years learning what your journey is going to be. You'll have some huge epiphanies, some game-changing revelations. And you'll start to identify the things that you don't like about Shorin-Ryu, and start to hear from others where the grass might be greener. It's going to be in those moments that you decide if you want to keep focusing on Shorin-Ryu, or if you want to try something else. It's going to be those moments that you decide what that something else is.
Let's see what you think when you get your first stripe (if you have stripes in that style). Or your first belt. Or when you move from the "beginner" belts to the "intermediate" or "advanced" belts. Let's see what you think when you get your black belt.
If you compete, does that affect your plans?
There's a lot that can change, and right now you're just building your foundation of understanding. Don't get ahead of that part of your journey.
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